Wired Campus: International Universities Release Content on iTunes U - Chronicle.comThis week ten universities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia began sharing educational content on iTunes U.
Reviews: The Ultimate Cheap Camcorder Battlemodo (via Gizmodo of course)
“Ever since the world caught wind of the Pure Digital Flip cam’s success, super-cheap digital pocket camcorders have sprouted up everywhere. With everyone and their mother trying to become the next Lil Show Stoppa or Soulja Girl, people need a cheap and easy way to capture those magic moments. I tested six of these cams—from Creative, RCA/Audiovox, DXG and Pure Digital—all $180 or less.”
“Turning historical and social-science data into pictures could help scholars identify new patterns in old records, according to researchers who gathered at George Mason University this weekend for a conference on technology in the humanities.At a session devoted to visualization — as making pictures out of data is called — participants discussed their favorite examples. Here are three they discussed…”
The first visualization site is called WorldMapper, and if a great example of how data visualizations convey meaning that most people cant see when looking at raw data sets.